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Latham & Watkins LLP
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80539 MUNICH
Germany
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Position

Frank Grell helps clients navigate distressed situations related to restructuring or insolvency. He chairs the German Restructuring & Special Situations Practice and served as Local Department Chair of the German Finance Department. Mr. Grell has earned a strong reputation from clients and leading publications for his empathetic approach and ability to craft pragmatic and commercial solutions in high-pressure or crisis situations.

Mr. Grell advises:

    • Companies, management, and shareholders in a financial or operational crisis
    • Creditors in all phases of financial restructurings, including debt-equity swaps, share pledge enforcements, and insolvency plan proceedings
    • Investors on the acquisition of distressed companies and on restructuring, rescue financing, or refinancing transactions, including debt-equity swaps
    • Insolvency administrators on M&A, restructurings, or disputes

Complementing his transactional work, he also represents parties in claw-back and liability cases.

Mr. Grell is a board member of TMA Germany e.V. and of Norddeutsches Insolvenzforum e.V. (Insolvency Forum of Northern Germany).

He regularly speaks and writes about insolvency and restructuring matters.

Lawyer Rankings

Deutschland > Restrukturierung und Insolvenz > Restrukturierung

(Führende Partner)

Frank GrellLatham & Watkins LLP

Latham & Watkins LLPs Restructuring & Special Situations-Praxis verfügt über umfassende Expertise in der Verhandlung und Umsetzung finanzieller und operativer Restrukturierungen, einschließlich derer im grenzüberschreitenden Kontext, sowie über Beratungskompetenzen in den Bereichen Insolvenz und Distressed M&A. Frank Grell, der sich gemäß dem teamweiten Beratungsansatz schwerpunktmäßig mit finanziellen und operativen Restrukturierungen beschäftigt, dies jedoch mit Expertise in der insolvenzbezogenen Prozessführung und der Refinanzierungsberatung ergänzt, leitet das Team, auf das regelmäßig Schuldner, Gläubiger und Insolvenzverwalter zurückgreifen. Im Mai 2024 verlor man die Restrukturierungsexperten Jörn Kowalewski, Ulrich Klockenbrink und Counsel Hendrik Hauke an Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

Germany > Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring

(Leading partners)

Frank GrellLatham & Watkins LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP‘s Restructuring & Special Situations practice offers longstanding expertise in financial and operational restructuring, including cross-border restructuring, as well as in insolvency matters and distressed M&A. Practice head Frank Grell also focuses on financial and operational restructuring and complements this with expertise in insolvency-related litigation and refinancing, which is regularly called upon by debtors, creditors and insolvency administrators. In May 2024, the restructuring experts Jörn Kowalewski, Ulrich Klockenbrink and counsel Hendrik Hauke ​​moved to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.